Episodes

This month we chat up suburbs going up across Australia.

Welcome back to another edition of our Suburb Trends report where we look at Australian suburbs’ condition, analysing, rationalising and theorising their present and future. In this episode, we'll focus on the top 10 highest median growth suburbs, honing in only on houses and suburbs with more than nine sales a month.

As competition shoots up, supply plummets and clearance rates hit 100%, we see how the results of Q4 2020 have set the stage for the current market and potentially the rest of the year.

Eliza and the team interpret and break down this data for your benefit.

In this annual episode, we cover the experts and property pundits, who got it right and who got it wrong, and which voices potentially impacted the market, and what role did the media play amplifying their opinions and even causing panic.

We hope to answer the question: where can you get good advice during a volatile situation?

Understanding what good landlords are doing right and how to maximise on your investment property.

• What are typical ways landlords fail?

• How are vacancy rates currently looking?

• How has the rental market changed over COVID?

• What legal responsibilities do landlords have to their tenant?

Lauren Robinson is the Director of Rental Results in Brisbane and has nearly two decades experience in the property management industry. Lauren has also authored the book ‘Rented!’ which helps investors develop successful property management skills.

A question so good we dedicated an entire episode to it!

One of our dedicated listeners Lily, asked six questions around buying her first investment property. The questions were so relevant and important they warranted their own entire episode. Our hosts go through how to assess, prepare and act on buying your first investment property, including what will be needed, what you should be buying and how to know if you’re ready yet.

What are the suburbs and regions that have a grim outlook?

• How is the unit market performing?

• Where would be the last place you would buy property?

• How Western Sydney is compared to the city.

• What patterns and potential causes have impacted these areas?

This month we are focusing on what is not booming! Which suburbs and areas have had the greatest price falls, and why?

How does infrastructure impact the property market and should it be considered when buying property?

• What has made certain projects more of a priority than others?

• How has climate change impacted infrastructure projects and schedules?

• Has COVID shifted much point of view on the upcoming projects?

• How do regions compete in getting more spending for infrastructure?

We welcome David Tucker Chief of Infrastructure Assessment at Infrastructure Australia. David joined Infrastructure Australia in 2018 after over 16 years with some of Australia’s top-tier consulting firms.

Investing whilst rates are low; how to stay ahead of short term investors.

• Why are buyers so confident investing into bricks and mortar?

• What other investments are going off?

• How did the craze of Gamestop happen and what will be the after effects?

• What is happening in the share market?

• What are the kinds of people investing and will they continue to invest?

Welcoming back Scott Phillips, Chief Investment Officer of the Motley Fool. In this episode he details the current investment market, where people are putting their money and who is winning big and who are losing it all.

Commercial property, is it worth investing or avoid risking?

• How does commercial property investment differ from residential

• What type of investor buys commercial property?

• What are the options to getting into commercial real estate?

• How do you minimise your risk with commercial property?

Steve Palise is a commercial property buyers agent, who started his career as an engineer but found his passion in commercial property. He has helped thousands of clients secure and purchase properties across every state and has achieved amazing outcomes whilst reducing their risk.

• How Australians are losing big, even after they’ve lost it all.

• How underinsured are Australians?

• How to work out how much you should insure your house for?

• Are online value calculators accurate?

• How does extra costs such as demolish get lost in property owners calculations?

Marty Sadlier has over 19 years experience in the building and construction industry, he is the co-founder of MCG Quantity Surveyors which is recognised as Australia’s fastest growing quantity surveying firm; working with big names in business like McDonalds, CBA and Westpac.

20 years of house automation, what progress has been made and will owners want to retrofit their properties?

• Why has it taken so long for smart houses to get where it is now?

• Out of all of the products which are best suited for home automation?

• What should a homeowner expect to pay for a smart house?

• Does fitting a house with smart technology increase it’s value?

In this episode we chat to Brett Savill, CEO of Quantify Technology, a ASX-listed technology business dedicated to simplify living environments with ‘smart housing’.

We are taking a look into the changes in demand for suburbs, before and after restrictions.

• Why is regional NSW looking strong for both units and houses?

• Why will the Sydney market always run hot?

• Where is the mass exodus of Melbournites heading to and what are they buying up?

• How does an outer edge suburb like Hornsby experience such rapid growth?

In our 7th edition of Suburbs Trends, and the first of the new year we look at what areas around the country have started to see a boom!

We answer your questions about how to retire on property and building your own home.

What to look for in the land before you buy? Can you retire with just investment properties? Is buying and building your own home a good idea? How do you know if you’re buying the top end of a suburb? High strata cost, what are you paying for? Is there a new incentive to buy sustainable properties?

Work Club founder discusses the future of remote working, and shared office spaces.

• What will work look like in 12 months in comparison to the last 12 months?

• Will we end up going back to the old work routine?

• What is pro-working and will it grow?

• Will attitudes in Melbourne be exacerbated due to extended lockdown?

• What is happening across the globe in terms of work patterns and who can we learn from?

Soren Trampedach is the founder, chairman and CEO of Work Club. Work Club is an established boutique solution to accommodate for modern day work space and place challenges. In recent times Work Club has shifted to providing consultancy on workplace optimisation to industry leaders such as Google, Deloitte and Facebook.

Economists anticipated an inevitable property crash, but where is it?

• Why hasn’t the property market crashed?

• Where has listening been hit the hardest?

• How have Brisbane properties performed over the Covid period?

• Is the property market slowing down during the holiday period?

We can’t get enough of the superb Eliza Owen, welcoming her back for the fourth time. Eliza is Core Logic’s Head of Residential Research and author of various Core Logic reports and articles, most notably their Pain or Gain report.

When the dust settles what will Australia be left with in the next year?

• What will be the legacy of 2020?

• How has Australia relied on China to keep our economy afloat?

• What can Australia do to pivot our primary exports?

• How long will Australia keep its border closed?

Welcoming back Warren Hogan from episode 75. Warren is the former Chief Economist of ANZ and is currently the Industry Professor at UTS and Chief Economic Advisor of The Executive Connection. Warren has also appeared in the media on multiple occasions.

As this year comes to an end, what does it bring for 2021?

• Will investors come back into the market?

• What allowed an uptick in consumers taking out mortgages?

• How Labour losing the election had a massive impact on the property market.

• What are banks trying to accomplish with high advertising budgets and refinance wars?

• Have the grants for new homeowners been beneficial or detrimental?

Seeing with 2020 vision, we look back in hindsight on the property market, and how it performed, changed and adapted to market conditions? Moreover, we look at how 2020 has laid the foundations for the years to come.

Renown futurologist chats the decade ahead, what will be expected and how you can be prepared.

• How will the world transition through to the next leap of automation and I?

• Will remote working open up competition for Australian jobs?

• Is the physical home more important now than ever?

• What will the workforce look like in 2030?

Rocky Scopelliti is a director of Optus and Community First Credit Union, and works in advisory capacities to a variety of companies including Fortune 100 corporations.

Getting mortgage free how can you do it and what should you be doing to get there?

• Why do people get confused by what you own versus what you own?

• How to borrow safely?

• What are some tips on being frugal?

• What are the most powerful debt free enablers?

Welcoming esteemed long-term money commentator and financial literacy advocate Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon, Nicole is former editor of AFR’s Smart Investor Magazine and has recently published her book How to Get Mortgage-Free Like Me which reveals how Australians are shaving years off their loan term and becoming debt free.